Welcome to the website of the Federal Public Defender for the District of
Maryland.

The Office is one of more than 50 Federal Defender Organizations throughout the United States,
which exist by virtue of the Criminal Justice Act, 18 U.S.C. sec. 3006A, as agencies within the
judicial branch of the federal government. Its mission is to provide effective representation to
persons charged with federal criminal offenses who have been determined by the court to be
indigent and in need of representation.